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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

To be king is all that matters

A King must have something for
the people to do in order to rule them.
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt ruled their people by occupying them with
building Pyramids to what end? To be buried in. The Kings of Europe occupied
their people building palaces and castles for them to live in. These rulers
somehow convinced the people that these were not just noble causes but causes
worth working, living and dying for. The leaders of political states occupy the
people with dreams of freedom, development and economic growth. Somehow we
believe these dreams are worth working, living and dying for. It seems that to successfully
engage people in a cause they are willing to work, live and die for is to
succeed in politics. The people are the instrument; the cause is a decoy and the
king the beneficiary. Try as I might I don’t see how this situation can be
reversed. Unless the cause benefits the
people, perhaps to be king is all that matters.